STOCKTON – A 34-year-old man was shot and killed early Sunday morning in south Stockton, marking the city's first murder of 2013, authorities said.

The shooting occurred about 2:25 a.m. near South Lincoln Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department. The victim, whose name has not been released, was shot multiple times, Silva said. The man was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.